Word Origin & History

promulgate 1530, from L. promulgatus, pp. of promulgare "make publicly known," perhaps from provulgare, from pro- "forth" + vulgare "make public, publish." Or the second element may be from mulgere "to milk," used metaphorically for "cause to emerge."

Example Sentences for promulgate

I have no ambition to start a theory nor to promulgate a doctrine; above all things I have no desire to provoke an argument.

And as soon as he made this discovery he hastened to promulgate it.

The king ordered M. de Montmagny to promulgate these letters.

Are you going to promulgate that doctrine at the Suffrage League?

It is the Powers themselves who promulgate contemporary opinion, as they develop in apparent circles.

It was for him to promulgate the Imperial laws, sometimes to put forth edicts of his own.

The result of this was the drawing up of severe enactments against heretics, which he was obliged to promulgate in February, 1234.

But the President and Secretary had no right to promulgate any such order.

But even he finds it necessary to promulgate his truisms in the disguise of sensational novelties.